Reconciliation involves being born again: True repentance, being converted (changed, created new, sanctified daily).
We are not to be unequally yoked so in the relationships, including with God and in marriage; we (true Christians, true sons and daughters of God) must be in all truth and righteousness (The truth and righteousness one has is of God). We are one in Him on one accord with Him and one with another.
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch not the unclean thing; And I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, And ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”
2 Corinthians 6:14-18 KJV
“Can two walk together, except they be agreed?”
Amos 3:3 KJV “This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.” 1 John 1:5 KJV
They in Christ and He in them are in holy marriage covenant with God at Head and Center of both the man and woman: Holy union, relationship governed and ruled by God. In relationships with others, with the brethren: We fellowship and worship with they of like mind, in Christ and He in them. When a soul sins against God, they separate themselves from God. The soul confesses specifically to God their sin or sins, God forgives. But! If the soul seeks not God for His repentance, and does not repent, and there is no restitution—there can be no reconciliation. God cannot reconcile with the soul. The soul cannot walk together in the Lord, with the Lord—they are not of one mind on one accord with God. So it is in a marriage (holy union).
While God is always ready to forgive, God requires true repentance for there to be peace between Him and the guilty: at-one-ment. There must be godly sorrow for sin—not sorrow for having been caught, not sorrow only because of the consequences. Likewise, we who are God’s require true repentance for reconciliation with each other. All the while, however, the forgiver must show he or she is maintaining bowels of mercies.
True repentance involves restitution—making wrongs right. There is action of correction, there is change seen and not just lip service.
True. It can only happen by the power of God. And it is only by our faith in God’s power that we can receive God’s grace—that divine influence upon the heart (mind) and reflected in the life—to live by His Word. By grace, indeed, are we saved by faith. And even that is the gift of God that is only given if the soul is totally in acceptance dying daily, taking up their cross and following Jesus.
“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; and he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.”
Acts 3:19-21 KJV
So repentance is a requirement for reconciliation. It is a two-sided transaction—Both have to agree to come together as one again; while forgiveness can be extended by only one person. True reconciliation can only be reached following true repentance. True repentance involves turning away from sin, departure from the old ways, the old character—change must come. If no change, there is no, cannot be reconciliation. New creatures in Him—the soul or souls are not the same in any way shape or form. Period. We become changed by God, by beholding Him in His Word—thus, the soul or souls and God are reconciled: So it is in marriage. Remember: God blessed and sanctified (holy, set aside for holy use) marriage between one man (male) and one woman (female). God blessed and sanctified: Marriage and His Sabbath. Think about that.
Christ the Word is our Example. As we learn of God through hearing and doing His Word, we experience true repentance. We see and acknowledge the error of our ways. We confess and yearn for complete change—a new beginning, a new creature. True repentance and forgiveness is granted and generate a deeper experience in the love of God, from which a wellspring of joy and peace erupts in the life. The relationship breathes newness. The whole soul is washed pure and clean and is refreshed by the Word. Such is the life that reveals a sanctified marriage with God—and marriage of man and woman in Christ.
By it, we receive a growing bond of trust. By it, the life becomes one of loving and faithful service for the benefit of the other party. Forgiveness received, true repentance is the key to lifelong reconciliation. Atonement is achieved. As it is unto God, so it is in marriage and in all relationships. By this we shall know and experience vibrant relationships and the kind of sanctified marriage put together by God, which no man can put asunder.
Maranatha